§ Lesson 45 The power of the press 新聞報道的威力
【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語
●democrat 民主的
●restrict v. 限制
●abuse v. 濫用
●contention n. 論點
●untold adj. 數不盡的，無限的
●South Dakota 南達科他州 （美國）
●perpetual adj. 永久的
●quintuplet n. 五胞胎之一
●obscurity n. 默默無聞
●radically adv. 徹底地，完全地
●exclusive adj. 獨占的，獨家的
●nursery n. 育嬰室，保育室
●commercialization n. 商品化
●commodity n. 商品
◆democrat 民主的
◆restrict v. 限制
keep within a certain limit
Eg: The prisoners’ activity is restricted within marrow limits.
limit: 表示時間、空間、程度等方面的限定，且限定到某一個點
restrict: 只說明限定范圍
Eg: Land development must be limited.
He restricts himself to two cigarettes a day.
restrict sb. to 限制在......范圍內
confine
confine sb. to
Eg: The boy is confined to the dark room.
The boy is restricted to the dark room.
cramp 限制（限制某人的活動或是限制動植特的生長）
Eg: No body can cramp children.
You can not cramp my activity.
hamper 限制，妨礙;困累
Eg: What hampered you to do so?
The housewife has a lots to do every day, because she is hampered by poverty.
My limited vocabulary hampered my reading.
I am hampered by my limited vocabulary.
★★★impede 限制；妨礙
impede doing sth.
Eg: Nothing will impede my studying English.
bound 限定，以......為界限
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◆abuse v. 濫用
Eg: Don’t abuse your authority. 不要濫用職權。
We shouldn’t abuse our rights.不能亂用自己的權力。
For VIP, they shouldn’t abuse their privilege.
◆contention n. 論點
◆◆◆untold adj. 數不盡的，無限的
==too many to be counted
Eg: There are untold stars in the sky.
I am afflicted by / with untold anxieties.
numerous 無數的
countless anxieties 無數的煩惱
Eg: As human being, we can’t keep ourselves free from countless anxieties.
countable: can be counted
uncountable
number
numberless 無數的，沒有房號的
Eg: This is a numberless room.這是一個沒有房號的房間。
numberable 數得清的
innumberable 不能數得清的